Amgen Tour of California Stage 2 Replay

Posted on 14. May, 2012 by lyne in race

Replay of live updates of stage 2, from San Francisco to Santa Cruz County, of the Amgen Tour of California.

• Hot off the press…Stage 2 GC 1-Sagan LIQ 2-Haussler GRM 3-Howard OGE 4-Louder UHC 5-Rodriguez XRG 6-Jacques-Maynes BPC #AToC
• Stage 2 Santa Cruz County final sprint #AToC http://twitvid.com/CUSNV
• Geniez @1t4i awarded Stage 2 Most Aggressive Rider by @benjm1 @bissellcycling wife Goldie #AToC http://lockerz.com/s/209053987 http://lockerz.com/s/209054047
• Vennell @BissellCycling Stage 2 Breakaway Most Courageous Rider #AToC http://lockerz.com/s/209052804 http://lockerz.com/s/209052816
• Sagan LIQ is given a surfboard #AToC http://lockerz.com/s/209050586
• Stage 2 podium 1-Sagan LIQ 2-Haussler GRM 3-Howard OGE #AToC http://lockerz.com/s/209050382
• Morabito, Cummings-BMC and Busche-RSN all went down at 5km to go #AToC
• Sagan keeps his three jerseys: leaders, white and green #AToC 23:54:50
• Howard-OGE in third #AToC 23:23:26
• Haussler-GRM in 2nd #AToC 23:19:44
• Sagan-LIQ with an easy sprint win #AToC 23:18:30
• 5K to go #AToC 23:11:35
• 5K pull by Duggan-LIQ …team looking for another Sagan win #AToC 23:03:14
• 9 miles out…mostly downhill #AToC 23:01:27
• 25k to go #AToC 22:51:14
• 1k to the last sprint #AToC 22:50:23
• BMC now riding up front #AToC 22:46:30
• Made way to the finish line…whew…that was not easy! #AToC 22:33:19
• Gap is now at 2:45 #AToC 22:17:27
• Geniez-ARG has 3:30 on main field White-UHC and Vennell_-BPC are now back in the peloton #AToC 22:09:21
• Gap to main field is 3:50 #AToC 21:56:16
• KOM results 1-Geniez ARG 2-White UHC 3-Vennell BPC 4-Mondory ALM 5-Boily SPI #AToC 21:53:52
• Garmin-Barracuda driving the main field up the Bonny Doon climb #AToC 21:51:42
• Geniez-ARG takes the KOM #AToC 21:49:57
• Just heard that all if the riders involved in the crash are up and riding #AToC 21:43:01
• Geniez-ARG is 1K away from KOM #AToC 21:42:29
• Sagan is back on his bike and working his way into the main field #AToC 21:40:46
• Sagan is still down #AToC 21:38:34
• Just heard….major crash…yellow jersey Sagan is down #AToC 21:37:48
• Geniez-ARG is increasing his lead…now has 55 seconds to first chase group. #AToC 21:34:54
• Ben Jacques-Maynes-BPC riding up front in the main group…lots of family and friends line the course to cheer him on. #AToC 21:33:27
• 4:30 gap to the main field #AToC 21:30:25
• Geniez-ARG has attacked the lead group and has 32 seconds on White-UHC and Vennell-BPC #AToC 21:27:28
• Great seeing Santa Cruz fans cheering the lead group holding surfboards! #AToC 21:23:59
• Solo rider off the front is Mondory-ALM #AToC 21:22:30
• Three riders now in front White-UHC, Geniez-ARG and Vennel-BPC start the climb 4:00 to the field #AToC 21:21:36
• Coming up to Bonny Doon climb…Garmin takes over the front…gap is dropping…now 4:35 #AToC 21:17:17
• Gap is moving down…now at 5:05 with 50 miles to go #AToC 21:15:11
• Pace is reported at 23 miles per hour. #AToC 21:08:47
• radioshack & rabobank put riders in the rotation With liquigas #AToC 21:08:19
• Race radio is reporting gap has dropped to 5:30 #AToC 21:07:45
• Correction…gap is at 5:50 #AToC 21:04:35
• Gap is holding at 5:00 with 55.4 miles to go #AToC 21:02:30
• Do not attempt this at home. Changing a bottle cage #AToC #AToC http://t.co/3l4kg9vM 20:18:33
• Ggap at 9:15 as we enter the feedzone #AToC 20:18:13
• Yellow jersey Sagan going back to the field after a nature break #AToC http://t.co/J00wE6Cm 20:02:34
• Gap now at 5:30 37 miles into the stage. Liquigas at the front setting tempo #AToC 19:53:34
• Sam Johnson took water bottles from the car. He smiled & said legs felt a bit stiff after spending the day in the break yesterday #AToC 19:48:58
• Vennell also took 2 seconds time bonus in the 2nd sprint #AToC 19:43:49
• Money shot! RT @MarkELos: @podium_live according to Wikipedia, there is a nude beach ahead near Bonny Doon #atoc #getoutthebiglens 19:41:56
• Vennell is highest placed on GC at 10 sec down before the start of the stage making virtual leader on the road #AToC 19:35:05
• Gap up to 4 minutes for the 6 riders #AToC 19:33:31
• Time to settle in, the gap is now at 3 minutes to the 6 riders #AToC 19:24:09
• White takes 2nd sprint ahead of Vennell & Mondory #AToC 19:22:34
• Gap at 2:30, this is the break for today #AToC 19:20:54
• Crosswinds as we leave Half Moon Bay, field on the left side of the road #AToC 19:19:03
• Gap at 1:20 with 5 km to second sprint #AToC 19:13:02
• Beautiful here #AToC http://t.co/IHBOpwnh 19:11:20
• Jjunction made, the 6 riders have 40 sec #AToC 19:09:58
• White, Suarez-COL, Vennell-BPC & Creed- OPT off the front with Mondory-ALM & Geniez-ARG chasing #AToC 19:09:42
• Howard – OGE takes 1st sprint ahead of Tjallingii–RAB & White-UHC #AToC 19:01:09
• Attacks at the front with 1 km to go to the sprint #AToC 18:57:26
• 5 km to first sprint – the 2 riders in the break sat up & it’s all back together #AToC 18:52:18
• Main field back together with Geniez & Zirbel off the front with 15 sec #AToC 18:51:19
• 19 riders caught up to 2 chasers. #AToC 18:50:45
• Response from the field, 2 chasers at 25 sec, the field at 40 sec #AToC 18:46:59
• Torres-COL also trying to bridge and he gives up #AToC 18:45:40
• McCartney-UHC & Vennell-BPC attacking the field, trying to bridge up #AToC 18:44:34
• Gap up to 1:55 for the duo- it’s going to be a long day in the saddle #AToC 18:43:27
• . @orica_greenedge filming their rider #AToC http://t.co/sAFgGH5T 18:42:10
• Gap at 1:30 for the duo up the road while many in the field take a nature break #AToC 18:35:34
• Gap going up now 40 sec as we roll next to Ocean Beach #AToC 18:29:48
• Lots of flats and wheel changes in the caravan #AToC 18:28:29
• Geniez-ARG & Zirbel- OPT off the front with 15 seconds gap #AToC 18:26:44
• Neutral start Stage 2 #AToC http://t.co/VhELCndm 18:18:57
• And the racing can start #AToC 18:16:01
• A quick brake fix #AToC http://t.co/uynp9wOl 18:15:10
• Off to the Aptos finish…no updates until I get there. Lyne will have updates from the @teamExergy car. #AToC 18:12:52
• The view from car #4 #AToC http://t.co/IgQf6c6V 18:11:17
• Stage has 3 intermediate sprints & 2 KOMs. Time bonus at the sprints & t the finish #AToC 18:07:57
• And we’re off for 3-mile neutral section #AToC 18:05:35
• Today’s stage is 117.1 miles (188.5) miles from San Francisco to Santa Cruz County – Aptos more precisely. #AToC 18:04:54
• 5 minutes to start #AToC 18:00:04
• Tip no 1 for driving in team cars as a woman – stop drinking one hour before the start & no coffee! #AToC 17:55:14
• …a bit foggy still here in SF but will be sunny soon #AToC http://t.co/BMufgSai 17:52:02
• Chatting with fans #AToC http://t.co/d4kmNSLb 17:46:48
• Wearing the black jersey today @benjm1 @bissellcycling #AToC http://t.co/mV12H4D9 17:46:27
• Lyne’s ride for today’s stage - @teamExergy #AToC http://t.co/rTnyL82t 17:39:54
• Signing in…BMC boys #AToC http://t.co/OPjUEmV9 17:39:34
• Horner being interviewed #AToC http://t.co/VfzPNgrR 17:37:59
• One final coffee for the UHC boys #AToC http://t.co/tVf8Q8Hr 17:31:30
• Team meeting Columbia-Coldeportes #AToC http://t.co/DFp2uMAw 17:11:09
• . @joshatkinsnz is wearing the best young rider jersey today #AToC http://t.co/aqNO2VMl 17:08:02
• Spidertech taping up for the day #AToC http://t.co/EJNOkkHW 17:02:03
• Darn…@marcelkittel was not available..,in the car…bummer #AToC 16:59:06
• @Benjm1 @marcelkittel ooh on the hunt for a photo in reply to Benjm1 16:51:35
• The bar fly from Tate Labs http://t.co/CPWtcn80 16:49:24
• We have a vote! RT @Benjm1: @podium_live I vote for @marcelkittel and his “Johnny Bravo” 16:49:08
• Going for the natural look Tom Zirbel @OPTUMpbKBS #AToC http://t.co/afwYL7r8 16:42:15
• Coming up…best hair competition at the start today @loganloader @teamexergy starts it off #AToC http://t.co/StiurUvM 16:39:06
• …at the start of Stage 2 -San Francisco #AToC http://t.co/RlgYbnyM 16:37:06
• Thanks to our intrepid correspondent @philipmooney , here with @the_tapinator #AToC http://t.co/gjcqzlKA 16:36:01

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